Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] As writer Anne Lamott says herself, ‘there’s something to be said about keeping prayer simple. 'Help. Thanks. Wow.’ It’s these three prayers – asking for assistance, appreciating the good and feeling awe – that get us through the day and show us the way forward. Hear Anne’s funny,…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] We’re taking a quick breather today after *checks notes* nearly 30 straight days of #GBWildAtHome🌱and we hope you’re enjoying it. Don’t forget you can catch up on everything – all the parties and prayers, blogs and beatboxing, reflections and riffs here: Wild At Home – Greenbelt #GBWildAtHome [ad_2]…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Over the years, we’ve worked hard at the festival to ensure a healthy gender mix in what we programme. We still have a way to go, but we’re hopefully heading in the right direction. For our social club today we’ve selected a conversation from #gb18 called ‘Reclaiming Histories’.…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] ⚡️ EPISODE 03 ft. Bill Bailey – Homeskool Beatbox Adventures with Shlomo Record-breaking beatboxer SK Shlomo is hosting weekly mass beatbox lessons right here to help kids and raise money for NHS Charities Together. Weekly special guests include KT Tunstall, Bill Bailey, Basement Jaxx, Jason Mraz, Bastille and…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] We’re proud to be in partnership (and to share an office) with The Trussell Trust. They are one of the only organisations we know working flat out to do themselves *out* of a job. They campaign on the pernicious effects of inequality and food poverty, and help provide…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] If you were one of the many Greenbelters we hung out with two weeks ago at the last one of these, then you will *love* today’s news that Harry Baker is Back! (he’s Harry Backer!*) tonight for another wondrous Woken Spurred, with special guest Vanessa Kisuule, currently Bristol’s…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/wild-at-home/whats-on 🌱 Mon / Light the fire Deborah Fielding asks what life might look like if we open up to love and one another a little more on our blog. Then join us at 4pm on Instagram for our feature on Lee Bains and his mighty band, The…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Our festival communion service at #gb17 is one that will live long in the memory of all who were there. Entitled “Bring a Body”, it was designed to reflect and celebrate how radically inclusive we believe the church can and should be. We worked with our Associate Partner…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] For our second Saturday night kick-back livestream, we’re joined all the way from Oregon by our good friend the Rev. Matthew David Morris. Matthew David first came to the festival in 2018 and stole our hearts. He was going to be with us this summer, too. But, well……
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] As our Muslim sisters and brothers live through a very different Ramadan this year, we are reminded what wonderful friends we’ve made through the festival and how our understanding and appreciation of Muslim identities, artistry, thought, theology and culture has been so enriched. Here’s a flashback to a…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Thursday’s are all about learning something new. Today, we’re pleased to be able to add to the mix with lockdown reading recommendations from vlogger and professional book-eater Leena Norms. Take it away Leena! #GBWildAtHome🌱 [fb_vid autoplay= “true” id=”photo_id”:”1190964367962324″”][fb_vid autoplay= “true” id=”1190964367962324″] [ad_2] Greenbelt Festival Source MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] It might not have felt like it at times during the last few months, but in plenty of ways we really are some of the most fortunate people in the world. Read our partner Christian Aid’s blog on how they’re gearing up to help those less fortunate as…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] We loved our first ‘Favourite things’ livestream last week with Harry Baker’s Woken Spurred and we hope you did too. We can’t wait for Martyn Joseph, another of our favourite artists, to bring us The Rising tonight. Tonight Martyn kicks off with his old Stateside friend and guitarist…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] We’re delighted to be able to publish a blog piece written especially for #GBWildAtHome🌱 by Cole Moreton, veteran Greenbelter, host of the festival’s Daily Mirror show and an award-winning writer and journalist. ‘Getting Ready To Fly’ is a beautiful piece of writing, connecting our learning to live under…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] As a wise man once wrote, ‘you’ve got to kick at the darkness ‘til it bleeds daylight.’ How’s your aim these days? Simon Cross is a long-time Greenbelter who wrote last year's Christmas Communion service for the festival, and this – the Liturgy For Dangerous Times – is…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] We’re proud to present The BIG FUN Duo Livestream from Canada! Stroll on into our 8pm facebook livestream (direct from Canada) and let two-man sonic storm The BIG FUN Duo put the fun into fun-ky on your Saturday night. 👨🏻💥🦰🇨🇦 Facebook @ 8pm (UK time) Make a donation,…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Today we’re sharing this brilliant panel discussion that pays tribute to Queen Bey and soars into a fascinating, funny, fearless conversation around black activism and white discomfort. We’re a predominantly white festival and this talk, curated for us by Sekai Makoni and chaired by Chine McDonald, still makes…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] And we’re off! Join us on YouTube now for a livestream family show hosted by Thomas Trilby. #GBWildAtHome🌱 https://bit.ly/gblive-family-1 [ad_2] Greenbelt Festival Source MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] When Russell Brand came to Greenbelt last summer, we had a conversation we'll never forget. We billed it as being about 'life, the universe and everything' and, somehow, it pretty much lived up to the billing. In this short clip we talk about the role of art in…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Yay! Our first homegrown livestream of the #GBWildAtHome🌱 digital Greenbelt summer. Kicking us off is the inimitable World Slam Poetry Champion Harry Baker with his Woken Spurred spoken word show from the festival into digital form. He'll be joined by special guest poet Toby Campion. Expect 40 minutes…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] First given as a Thought For The Day on Radio 4, Hannah Malcolm's guest blog is devastatingly honest. For her there are no silver linings to lockdown. In her struggle, she is drawn back to Jesus' instruction to 'Consider the lilies of the fields and the birds of…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Again, in time, we hope to be able to bring you our own Sunday service-style material, but while we build towards that we'll point you towards what we hope will be helpful Greenbelt-y material already being made and live-streamed. First up, we're pleased to recommend the chilled, reflective…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] In time, Saturday nights will be when we bring you livestream content that we curate and deliver ourselves. We've got all sorts in mind! But, for our first Saturday of #GBWildAtHome🌱 we want to point you to some great livestream content being served up by the great people…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] On this most vexed of days of remembrance, in this, the strangest of times, let's take a walk through modern-day Palestine with investigative journalist Bidisha as she describes the lockdown that is occupation. "I will write down what I see. No more and no less." WRITING A PATH…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Describing herself as an "expert by experience", artist Bobby Baker speaks honestly and openly about her own mental health and asks why we seem to be so embarrassed to share our stories when one in four of us will experience some form of mental distress. In the second…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Our main festival partner Christian Aid can’t fundraise door-to-door this Christian Aid Week, but #CAWeek is not cancelled! Like many of the churches taking their worship online, Christian Aid are working on some exciting digital fundraisers that they invite you to take part in if you can. https://bit.ly/gb-caweek…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Join festival favourite scratch choir leader Matt Beckingham and the NMCGB Virtual Church Choir to sing the Greenbelt communion service favourite, ‘One Day’ (see https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/One-Day.pdf). Grab your kazoo & film yourself singing, ready for an Easter Day… More [ad_2] Greenbelt Festival Source MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] As we stand at the entrance to Easter week, we’re delving into the Greenbelt archive to shed contemporary light and urgency on the old story. First up, Palestinian liberation theologian Naim Ateek on reading the passion in another kind of lockdown – occupation. And rediscovering the suffering servant…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] In this time of high stress and anxiety, it's okay to not be okay. Having to cope with isolation and distancing is weird. Losing loved ones to Covid-19 is overwhelming. Matt Haig's open and down-to-earth conversation about his own mental health from #GB15 might just help us all…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] We hope you’re doing OK right now. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we wrestle with all the uncertainty at the moment – it means so much. This is where we are – you can also read this on our website at http://bit.ly/gbCOVID19update. Keep on believing…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] We're announcing our first lineup wave for Greenbelt Festival 2020 Wild At Heart very soon. In these unprecedented times we hope it provides something to get excited about. We hope it's something to believe in……..* *This post was scheduled a week or so ago. Things are changing fast.…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] We know some are wondering how they can continue to be church in a time of #coronavirus. Here’s one thing: our friends The Trussell Trust would love you to keep your buildings open for foodbank use even though you’re not gathering for services. (More here: trusselltrust.org/church-support/) [fb_vid autoplay=…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] If you’re physically isolated and looking for inspiration, we’ve got a whole range of recorded talks from previous Greenbelt Festivals available on our G-Store. Have a browse: bit.ly/gb20gstore 📸 Jonathon Watkins [ad_2] Greenbelt Festival Source MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Let’s dip back in time once again with a retro programme from Greenbelt’s past… who remembers this one? [ad_2] Greenbelt Festival Source MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] We’ve dug out recordings going back to 2005 of the Greenbelt Festival annual communion service for you. We hope they all make for encouraging listening as many of you are physically isolated from the church communities you cherish. Feel free to share and use in your communities and…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Do you want to join our team? We’re still looking for more festival stewards to help us out at #GB20 – if this sounds like something that’d be up your street, please head to bit.ly/gb20volunteer for more info and details of how to apply. 📸 Jacob Lowe [ad_2]…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] So. Putting on a festival has always been an act of faith. Creating a whole world in a field for a few days of the year, and hoping that people will believe in it enough to come and bring it to life. Find out why, despite everything, it’s…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Award-winning spoken word poet Neelam Saredia-Brayley Poetry writes about gender, culture, identity, and sexuality, and works with illustrators and musicians to form multi-disciplinary artworks. Her performance at #GB19 was a rush of freshness and creativity – did you catch her? 📸 Simon Holmes [ad_2] Greenbelt Festival Source MORE…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Another blast from the past! What do you remember from this vintage edition of Greenbelt Festival? [ad_2] Greenbelt Festival Source MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] We’re very, very excited to be able to share our first lineup announcements for Greenbelt Festival 2020 Wild At Heart with you in a couple of weeks’ time. In the meantime, we thought we’d let you in on some of the feverish tinkering we’ve been doing to reimagine…
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